Naruhisa has over 20 years of multi-asset investment experience including within the prop trading desks of Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. He launched his own strategy in 2009 before establishing Caygan to provide investment products that generate absolute returns over the longer term.

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Nanda has over 16 years of in-depth front and back office experience in multi-asset and multi-strategy investment firms. He applies his multidisciplinary background to drive Caygan’s growth as a quality institutional asset management firm that attracts and nurtures talent.

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Chris is responsible for business development and client relations. He has over 30 years of industry experience in trading and sales in fixed income and derivatives at leading investment banks and hedge funds. He holds a BA and MA in Economics from Cambridge University.

>4 years with us.

Rob joined us in 2021 to expand our business development and client relations capabilities. He has 30 years of industry experience in marketing and sales of Equity Derivatives, primarily on the Japanese and Asian markets.  He formerly served as Head of Equity Derivative Sales Asia for BNP Paribas.

>1 year with us.

Kie performs fundamental research on public and private companies globally. She is also responsible for Venture Capital (VC) deal sourcing. She was formerly a fixed income sales analyst with Citigroup Global Markets. Kie holds a MBA from National University of Singapore and a LLB from Keio University.

>8 years with us.

Terutoshi performs macro research on key countries/regions globally. He first joined as a new graduate and has established himself as a macro expert utilizing large data sets and high frequency data. Terutoshi holds a BSc in Physics and MSc in Economics from the University of Tokyo.

>10 years with us.

Takafumi is a certified public accountant has more than 10 years experience auditing private companies in Japan. He has also taught accounting in Japanese Universities for over a decade. Takafumi is presently engaged by us as a specialist consultant.

>12 years with us.

Joanne trades for multiple asset classes across markets globally. She has over 15 years experience in trading and operations covering various asset classes within the fund management industry. Joanne holds a BSc in Economics, and a MSc in Accounting.

>13 years with us.

Kaiser joined us in 2016 having formerly worked as a commodities and FX derivatives trader. He is presently expanding his scope to cover multiple asset classes in various markets. Kaiser was previously with Barclays Bank. He holds a BSc in Accounting and Finance.

>6 years with us.

Lik Yuen covers fund operations and risk monitoring. She has over 13 years experience in similar roles within hedge funds and asset managers. Lik Yuen holds a double degree in Business and Information Systems from Singapore Management University.

>8 years with us.

Ellen covers accounting, HR and general administration functions. She joined us in 2007 following previous roles in audit firms such as Baker Tilly. Ellen holds a BSc in Business and Commerce.

>15 years with us.

Caroline covers general administration, HR and accounting functions. She has over 30 years of relevant experience across various industry sectors in both small and multi-national firms.

>8 years with us.

We engage programmers on a part-time and contract basis to help extract, manage and analyse large data sets for investment research purposes.